by emmanu1 | Jun 15, 2017 | CURI Summer 2017
«La mode n’existe pas seulement dans les robes. La mode est dans l’air, c’est le vent qui l’apporte, on la pressent, on la respire, elle est au ciel et sur le macadam, elle est partout, elle tient aux idées, aux mœurs, aux événements…» (Coco Chanel) As Coco Chanel,...
by perkin1 | Jun 15, 2017 | CURI Summer 2017
In 1920s Paris, nightlife was inseparable from the social, financial, and artistic life of the city. In the early 20s, Milhaud himself loved spending his weekend-nights entertaining, gallivanting around town, and frequenting nightclubs with his fellow artists. 1 Bar...
by Siriana | Jun 15, 2017 | CURI Summer 2017
Composer. Organist. Pedagogue. Nadia Boulanger is widely regarded as one of the most influential music teacher’s of the 20th century. Her teaching position at the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau helped mold a new generation of American composers,...
by lacy1 | Jun 15, 2017 | CURI Summer 2017
In Alex Ross’s book The Rest is Noise, he paints a fascinating picture of the musical life of the twentieth century. He interweaves detailed descriptions of composers, patrons, venues, and music theory to explore what the twentieth century might have...
by perkin1 | Jun 9, 2017 | CURI Summer 2017
This morning, my research team and I presented our goals for this summer’s iteration of the Musical Geography Project at the CURI Symposium. Now that we’ve had to consolidate our ideas for the project and present them in public, we have a much...
